It’s this evolution that Erin Meister (aka Meister) tracks in her new book New York City Coffee: A Caffeinated History , released last month by Arcadia Publishing . Though Meister currently lives in Minneapolis—where she works as a content specialist at Cafe Imports —she is a Tri-state native who lived in New York City (and worked in coffee) for a dozen years. These residential credentials make her well-qualified to write a book about New York City coffee, and to share some of the knowledge she amassed, she made for us a list of “10 Things You Didn’t Know About NYC Coffee.” There’s plenty more where that came from in the brand-new book.